Articles by Paul Adepoju

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Thu, October 25th, 07:18 · Paul Adepoju

Sacked staff drag Vodafone to Ghanaian court

Workers summarily dismissed by Ghana’s second largest telecoms company Vodafone have filed a writ of summons at Accra High Court, saying the company failed to uphold its policies and seeking compensation. → Read more
Thu, October 25th, 06:36 · Paul Adepoju

US Embassy in Gambia partners with Africell toward American Corner project

The US Embassy in The Gambia has partnered with Africell, a local telecoms company, to set up an American Corner in Bundung. → Read more
Wed, October 24th, 07:39 · Paul Adepoju

MasterCard endorses Nigeria’s call for transition to cashless economy

Global payment solutions firm MasterCard Worldwide has added voice to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) call for Nigerians to embrace and switch to the digital regime of a cashless economy. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s e-Banking industry to hold conference on e-payment

Nigeria’s Committee of e-Banking Industry Heads (CeBIH) is set to organise a conference and retreat to address the challenges and highlight the prospects of developing a functional electronic payment market for the country, Chuma Ezirim, the chairman of the committee, said yesterday. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 07:04 · Paul Adepoju

MTN constructs digital library, commemorates oil city fest

Giant mobile telecoms firm MTN, through its charitable arm the MTN Ghana Foundation, has commenced work on a project that will expand and upgrade the current Western Regional Public Library in Sekondi. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 14:31 · Paul Adepoju

Leading oil company donates resource centre to Ghanaian college

Global oil and gas company Technip has introduced an ICT resource centre for Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology’s Centre of Business Development, a leading science and technology college in Ghana, fulfilling a pledge to aid the commencement of activities at the centre. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 09:03 · Paul Adepoju

Top opposition party in Nigeria joins call to outlaw cybercrimes

Growing concerns over the rise of cybercrimes in Nigeria have now led to the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), the nation’s top opposition party, condemning the government’s reluctance to outlaw the crimes, as recently voiced by the country’s ICT stakeholders. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 06:30 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s industry regulators and ICT firms partner on capacity development

A number of ICT stakeholders in Nigeria have partnered with the ICT Publishers Alliance to facilitate capacity building in the utilisation of the latest ICT tools in the processing and management of news among West African journalists. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 06:15 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s ICT stakeholders decry government’s reluctance to outlaw cybercrimes

The inability of the Nigerian government to enact a law outlawing the increasing number of cybercrimes in the country has become a growing concern for stakeholders in the Nigerian communications industry, says David Isiavwe, a member of the Nigerian Cybercrime Working Group (NCWG). → Read more
Thu, October 18th, 13:34 · Paul Adepoju

2012 e-Nigeria conference slated for Abuja this month

The 2012 edition of e-Nigeria, an annual event connecting stakeholders in the Nigerian IT sector, will this year have the nation’s minister in charge of the communications technology ministry Omobola Johnson and Oby Ezekwesili, a former vice president of the World Bank, as lead discussants. → Read more
Thu, October 18th, 07:11 · Paul Adepoju

Liberia’s Cellcom introduces nation’s first flat tariff plan

Mobile network operator Cellcom Telecommunication has introduced a flat rate for costs made across all networks in the Liberia, the first since the advent of the global system for mobile telecommunications (GSM) in the country. → Read more
Wed, October 17th, 07:39 · Paul Adepoju

Liberia’s communications ministry graduates 75 ICT students

75 beneficiaries of ICT training organised by Liberia’s Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in collaboration with the Information Communication Technology Association of Liberia (ICTAL) have graduated after several weeks of intensive training in IT, project management and IT auditing and networking. → Read more
Tue, October 16th, 13:58 · Paul Adepoju

Visa’s new software to help Nigerian businesses combat frauds

Global payment technology firm Visa has launched a Web-based reporting and expense management software called Visa IntelliLink Spend Management into the Nigerian market, which it describes as capable of helping Nigerian businesses monitor and control corporate spending patterns. → Read more
Tue, October 16th, 12:56 · Paul Adepoju

MTN launches ‘Can Do’ student clubs in Liberia

Liberia’s leading telecoms Lonestar Cell MTN is partnering with a number of the country’s student organisations to set up the Leadership Integrity Relationship Innovation Clubs (LIRIC), dubbed 'Can Do', in various universities nationwide. → Read more
Mon, October 15th, 12:46 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian firm launches software solution to battle organisational frauds

Nigeria-based consultancy group Farsight Consulting Services has introduced a new software solution dubbed FinTrack ERP into the Nigerian market to help organisations fight fraud. → Read more
Mon, October 15th, 12:01 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s communications regulator boss denies involvement in waiver scandal

A top official at Nigeria’s communications regulator the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been accused of misconduct in the award of a one-billion Naira waiver to MTS, a telecommunications company, claims which the officials deny. → Read more
Mon, October 15th, 08:33 · Paul Adepoju

Expert calls on Nigerian businesses to embrace digital marketing platforms

Nigerian business owners have been called upon to embrace digital marketing platforms revolutionising markets across the world by digital marketing expert Abasiama Idiaresit, in order to better access their customer base. → Read more
Mon, October 15th, 07:46 · Paul Adepoju

Vodafone Offers Ghana’s Hajj Pilgrims 70% Discount On Roaming

Telecommunications company Vodafone Ghana has offered Ghanaian pilgrims to this year’s Hajj a 70 percent discount on the current international roaming costs as they embark on their journey to Saudi Arabia. → Read more
Fri, October 12th, 14:08 · Paul Adepoju

MTN Nigeria steps up fight against identity theft with new personal security number

Integrated telecommunications firm MTN Nigeria has started issuing 16-digit security numbers to its subscribers to prevent scammers and hackers from stealing customers' identities for fraud, the company announced at an event in Nigeria’s capital Lagos. → Read more
Fri, October 12th, 13:47 · Paul Adepoju

Dutch social investor commissions new ICT centre in Gambia

NICE International, a Netherlands-based social venture, has constructed a full-fledged ICT centre in Tabokoto, Gambia, to offer basic training in computer skills. → Read more